Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 7, 2020

Analysis and Applications of Non-Adaptive and Adaptive Group Testing Methods for COVID-19

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  • The authors propose non-adaptive and adaptive group testing strategies based on generalized binary splitting (GBS) where the group test is restricted to the largest group that can be used. The authors suggest that this approach described in the article is particularly applicable to vulnerable confined populations such as nursing homes, prisons, military ships and cruise ships. 

Mentus et al. (Apr 5, 2020). Analysis and Applications of Non-Adaptive and Adaptive Group Testing Methods for COVID-19. Pre-print downloaded Apr 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.05.20050245